Friday, September 2, 2011

IACHR Court rules on the case of Venezuelan ex mayor

It is unknown whether the ruling favors the coordinator of opposition political Voluntad Popular party. None of the judges disclosed anything and promised to release the decision in the next few weeks

After almost 20 hours of deliberations, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR Court) finally settled a complaint that was filed against Venezuela by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for alleged violation of the rights to elect and be elected of ex Chacao municipality mayor Leopoldo López, barred from public office by the Venezuelan Comptroller General until 2014.

Justices Diego García-Sayán (president), Manuel Ventura, Margarette May Macaulay, Rhadys Abreu, Alberto Pérez and Eduardo Vio Grossi unanimously approved in Bogotá, Colombia, the 12th ruling of the hemispheric court against Venezuela. However, it is uncertain whether the ruling favors the coordinator of opposition political Voluntad Popular party, as none of the judges revealed anything at all. They promised to release the content over the next few weeks.